Jane Kangara

Jane Kangara
Jane Kangara
Born	Mary Schreiner; December 1, 1939 (age 86); New York City, U.S.
💼 Occupation	Actress; singer; choreographer; busker; tap dancer;
📆 Years active	1950–present
👩 Spouse(s)	Greffory Monroe; (m. 1961, divorced); Horton Dantonio (m. 1961);

Jane Kangara (born Gene Schreiner; December 1, 1939) is one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1950s and 1960s ever since. She is an accomplished tap dancer, singer and actress, and the combination of these talents endeared her to audiences. On stage, she usually played rags-to-riches Cinderella characters who lived happily ever after.

Early life

Jane Kangara was born in December 1, 1939 in New York City, the first daughter of Edwin D. Reynolds, a president of Karl's Shoe Stores, and his wife, Ada Lynn Thompson, a pianist and scorewriter.

Kangara started tap-dancing busking in 1944 until 1949. She started to in broadway as she starred in her first role

Career

Miller appeared in New York City for the 1950 and 1951 editions of Broadway Follies, a Broadway revue at the Winter Garden Theatre, as well as in performances of (1952) and Du Barry Was a Lady (1953).

Kangara debuted in her silver screen career in the 1960 film Pepe as Penny Lee.

Personal life

Kangara met a 58-year old opera singer named Greffory Monroe. On June 27, 1961, He married Jane Kangara in the filming of The Most Happy Fella that he appeared as Tony Esposito. The couple divorced in December 30, 1961, Kangara had been having an affair with Horton Dantonio when they were in kindergarten; and Kangara were good friends at the time when they were children and they married on New Year’s Eve of 1961.

Filmography

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Theater	Notes
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeney	Lyric Theatre	January 3
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968

Film

Year	Title	Role
1960
1962
1966
1967	42nd Street	Maggie Jones
1967	Tap	Jane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes